Patents by Inventor James D. C. Lent

James D. C. Lent has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Assistive robot systems for container tilting
    Patent number: 11420338
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an assistive robot system. The assistive robot system includes a lifting mechanism, a movable arm assembly coupled to the lifting mechanism, a container tilting arm assembly, a processing device communicatively coupled to the lifting mechanism and the movable arm assembly, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium causes the processing device to transmit a command to the lifting mechanism to cause the lifting mechanism to move the movable arm assembly such that the container tilting arm assembly makes contact with a container and transmits one or more signals to the movable arm assembly to cause the movable arm assembly to extend in a system longitudinal direction such that the container within the movable arm assembly is pivoted against the container tilting assembly to tilt the container within the movable arm assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Bondaryk, James D. C. Lent, Aimee S. Goncalves, Paul W. Baim, Christopher Gidwell, Toffee Albina
  • ASSISTIVE ROBOT SYSTEMS FOR CONTAINER TILTING
    Publication number: 20200206946
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an assistive robot system. The assistive robot system includes a lifting mechanism, a movable arm assembly coupled to the lifting mechanism, a container tilting arm assembly, a processing device communicatively coupled to the lifting mechanism and the movable arm assembly, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium causes the processing device to transmit a command to the lifting mechanism to cause the lifting mechanism to move the movable arm assembly such that the container tilting arm assembly makes contact with a container and transmits one or more signals to the movable arm assembly to cause the movable arm assembly to extend in a system longitudinal direction such that the container within the movable arm assembly is pivoted against the container tilting assembly to tilt the container within the movable arm assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Bondaryk, James D. C. Lent, Aimee S. Goncalves, Paul W. Baim, Christopher Gidwell, Toffee Albina